INTOVA SPORT HD EDGE

THE REVOLUTIONARY ACTION CAM

Could Intova guys design a better sport cam? That was the question once I knew a new model was about to come. Producing a top performing sport cam with professional features was a great challenge in a high competitive market as the actual one but in the end they succeeded. They managed to build up a tiny camera able to meet the expectations and needs of customers practicing very different outdoor sports. This obviously means that the new INTOVA HD EDGE is suitable for several sports like sailing, cycling, surfing but the activity we prefer the most and for which it really represents a revolutionary product is of course spearfishing.

In order to better understand how this camera is, let’s roll through its features first.

The Intova Hd Edge has a non-removable rubber armoured housing protecting it against accidental shocks. It weights only 210gr (battery included) and despite the presence of the rubber housing it remains a compact and space saving camera (72mm x 56mm x 50mm) waterproof up to 200feet/60mt. It can record videos and take pictures at the same time and for each function it has separate operating buttons. It can record videos with the following resolutions 1080p@30fps, 960p@48fps or 30fps, 720p@60fps or 30fps, 480p@120fps or 60fps and take 14MP, 11MP, 8MP or 5MP pictures (4:3). It is equipped with a flat optical-glass lens port with Water-repellent and Anti-Reflection coating that guarantees no glares during shooting. It has a super wide angle lens at 160 degrees and a digital zoom up to 60x.

You can playback your videos or check your pictures through the1.5” / 3.8cm TFT-LCD screen (480×240) and finally you can remotely operate the camera through the wifi connection and both your mobile phone (after you have installed the proper APP) and the remote control provided by the manufacturer. Such a function is also useful to easily transfer file to share with your social network friends.

This camera was specifically designed for water sports, in fact it is provided with a “Dive Mode” preset enhancing the quality of both videos and pictures taken below water surface. It simply adds red colour to images in order to let them appear closer to normal view. It has a 160° wide angle but it can be narrowed without changing any part of the camera, by simply selecting the option FOV from the menu. FOV stands for “field of view” and you can either narrow or enlarge it by operating such a function. The main advantage of it in spearfishing is that during your action videos preys will appear closer and larger if you narrow the field of view. Other cameras need lenses to be replaced to get that result, instead with the HDE you can decide to easily switch from a view to another according to your needs.

By browsing the function menu you can select the “Burst Mode” that allows the camera to take 3, 5, or 10 pictures at the time and this is very useful when you are in the water and need to take pictures of your prey. Furthermore while recording a video, by pressing the shutter button, you can take pictures of what you are filming without stopping the recording. Should you be not able to regularly mount the camera on the speargun you can select the “upside down” function allowing the camera to normally record even it is actually flipped over. This also applies to the screen that is finally provided with a rubber anti-glare hood to be mounted on.

After mentioning all the spearfishing features users should know that the HDE has also several top functions ideal for everyday life uses. It has a motion detect function allowing the camera to turn into a security one, in fact once this function is set any movement detected in front of the camera lets video recording start. User can choose among several still images present but he can also manually select the white balance. Such an option lets colours in pictures be closer to real ones by just taking a photo of something white first.

Although some issues still exist with the wifi connection as the APP seems to be not compatible with some mobiles, the camera is a great product for our sport and I would surely recommend it. 

Here is a feature summary:

Video Resolution: 1080p@30fps, 960p@48fps and 30fps, 720p@60fps and 30fps, 480p@120fps and 60fps

Photo Resolution: 14MP, 11MP, 8MP and 5MP

Rubber armoured housing

Waterproof to 200 feet / 60M

Flat optical-glass lens port with Water-repellent & Anti-Reflection coating

Super wide angle lens at 160 degrees

Digital Zoom: 60x or 10X

Uses same filters and lenses as Sport HD II

WiFi: remote operation and viewfinder, wireless file transfer (with smart phone app)

RF remote controller with waterproof bag

1.5” / 3.8cm TFT-LCD 480×240

Rechargeable/Removable Li-ion battery 1150mAh

Battery life: 1.5 hrs (LCD on), 1.5 hrs (wifi on), 2 hrs (LCD off)

Slave strobe function

Removable LCD glare hood

Dive Mode

Motion Detection Mode

Time Lapse mode

Self-capture mode

Burst Mode: 3, 5, 10 photos

Upside Down Mode (Video/Still image flip)

Manual White Balance

Picture in Video

Dual stream mode

Led indicator- Visual Record Alert front and back

Audible record alert

Float Strap

High Definition TV output

HDTV micro USB cable (optional accessory)

Micro USB cable to connect external 3.5mm mono microphone (optional accessory)

Video format: H.264 / Photo format: JPEG

Supports Micro SD Card up to 32GB (class 6 or 10)

Size and weight: 72mm x 56mm x 50mm, 210gr